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The Natural Sciences collections are housed at the Booth Museum and cover all
aspects of natural science, from bacteria to apes. Major collections include one
of birds formed by Edward Thomas Booth, a dedicated naturalist, half a million
insects (including butterflies) and a large collection of skeletons, the core
of which was formed by Frederick W. Lucas.
The Geology collection includes important insects in amber, local fossils collected
by Henry Willett, Charles Potter and R.M. Brydone, and examples of rocks and minerals.
The Herbarium holds a large collection of flowering plants, conifers, ferns, mosses,
liverworts, lichens and algae, many from Sussex. The Library includes over 14,000
natural history texts dating from the 17th century to the present day. The Museum
also holds and manages Sussex geological and marine sites data, and Brighton and
Hove biological data.
Browse objects in the Bird collection
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